Posted on 12/02/2014 8:54:22 AM PST by Red Badger
Detroit — A widespread power outage Tuesday has caused evacuations of buildings throughout the downtown, including Joe Louis Arena, Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, the Detroit Institute of Arts and some buildings at Wayne State University. Most of Detroit's municipal power grid has gone down, cutting electricity to public buildings in the city, officials have said.
Police, fire, school, and jail buildings have lost power and traffic lights aren't working, a city spokesperson said.
Some people are trapped in elevators throughout Detroit, according to Detroit Fire Chief Jack Wiley, and fire crews are working to free them.
Affected buildings included Detroit Institute of Arts, Wayne State, and the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, which people evacuated by stairwells, the Detroit Free Press reports.
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more and more? I was in Detroit about two decades ago. It was such a kraphole then that I said I’d never come back willingly. It fascinates me that people who claim to be intelligent, enlightened, modern, civilized etc. are still happy to live in a bog like that. Bob Newhart was right-—we should have let Kruschev use it for target practice.
the muslim population is is in Dearborn - Wayne County. Not all Michigan is supportive of Detroit. Up Here in the UP of MI we hate Detroit, Lansing, Flint and Saginaw. These cities suck everything out for the rest of the state.
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